The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 22 hours agoA scientific discoverylemmy.worldimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1706arrow-down17
arrow-up1699arrow-down1imageA scientific discoverylemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 22 hours agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareTarogar@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up107·22 hours agoBut do they understand the gravity of that discovery?
minus-squareSHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLE@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·20 hours agoOnly a little, it is microgravity after all.
minus-squareMisterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 hours agoUm acshually gravity in the international space station is not that much lower than on the surface of earth, just that they are weightless in orbit.
minus-squareuntorquer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoWrong. The earth orbits the space station. Ignore the epicyclic motion of other nearby bodies.
But do they understand the gravity of that discovery?
Only a little, it is microgravity after all.
Um acshually gravity in the international space station is not that much lower than on the surface of earth, just that they are weightless in orbit.
Wrong. The earth orbits the space station. Ignore the epicyclic motion of other nearby bodies.